America's Largest trade partner was Britain
War hurts economy
Need new partners during war
France
Britain has a blockade on the ports
Forced America to trade internally
Assumtions of Republicanism
Representative Democracy
Government broken down into state level and federal level
Federal
Executive: Enforces laws
Judiciary: Judge or interpret laws
Legislative: Create laws
Importance of civic virtue
Trust in political organization
Persistent inequality
Social status
State constitutions forming
Strong legislatures, strong executives
Revolution increased religious tolerance
Slavery
Social: Bad
Economically: Good
Economy bad after Britain gone, slavery needed to save money.
The Confederation
Limited Powers of the National Government
Seperate states working together
Hard to agree on decisions. Strong executive branch helps
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